Us Army Quotes

On the battlefield, the military pledges to leave no soldier behind. As a nation, let it be our pledge that when they return home, we leave no veteran behind.

Well, does he still have his fingernails? Making inquiries while negotiating the release of a US Army pilot from North Korea, in Time.

We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.

WOMEN WHO STEPPED UP WERE MEASURED AS CITIZENS OF THE NATION, NOT AS WOMEN…THIS WAS A PEOPLE’S WAR, AND EVERYONE WAS IN IT.

We are all members of the same great family … On social occasions the formality of strictly military occasions should be relaxed, and a spirit of friendliness and goodwill should prevail.

American soldiers in battle don’t fight for what some president says on T.V., they don’t fight for mom, apple pie, the American flag…they fight for one another.

I am a Soldier, I fight where I am told, and I win where I fight.

I want people to see the truth… regardless of who they are…
because without information, you cannot make informed decisions as a
public.

Come on boys! Give them the cold steel! Who will follow me?

Success in battle is not a function of how many show up, but who they are.

When we assumed the Soldier, we did not lay aside the Citizen.

I can’t see how a single man could spend his time to better advantage than in the Marines.

I would happily storm hell in the company of these troops … how strongly they have demonstrated to the world that free men and women can fight like the dickens.

Let’s not forget what the origin of the problem is. There is no place in modern Europe for ethnically pure states. That’s a 19th century idea and we are trying to transition into the 21st century, and we are going to do it with multi-ethnic states.

At the core, the American citizen soldiers knew the difference between right and wrong, and they didn’t want to live in a world in which wrong prevailed. So they fought, and won, and we all of us, living and yet to be born, must be forever profoundly grateful.

In every battle there comes a time when both sides consider themselves beaten, then he who continues the attack wins.

Throughout my professional life, I have looked upon the Corps as a most valuable part of our naval organization, and this opinion has only been the more confirmed by every year’s additional experience in active service.

Moral courage is the most valuable and usually the most absent characteristic in men

I respect every soldier, from every country, who serves beside us in the hard work of history. America is grateful, and America will not forget.

You want to be commander-in-chief? You can start by standing up for the men and women who wear the uniform of the United States, even when it’s not politically convenient.

The Marines I have seen around the world have the cleanest bodies, the filthiest minds, the highest morale, and the lowest morals of any group of animals I have ever seen. Thank God for the United States Marine Corps!

People tell me I saved hundreds and hundreds of people. But I have to tell you: it’s not the people you saved that you remember. It’s the ones you couldn’t save. Those are the ones you talk about. Those are the faces and situations that stay with you forever.

It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.

Discipline is the soul of an army.

If the Marines are abolished half the efficiency of the Navy will be destroyed. They are as necessary to the well being of a ship as the officers. Instead of decreasing the Corps, I would rather hope to see a large increase, for we feel the want of Marines very much.

The only things those people have that you don’t is guts. Do you wanna live forever?

I wanted the American public to know that not everyone in Iraq and Afghanistan were targets that needed to be neutralized, but rather people who were struggling to live in the pressure cooker environment of what we call asymmetric warfare.

The amphibious landing of U.S. Marines on September 1950 at Inchon, on the west coast of Korea, was one of the most audacious and spectacularly successful amphibious landings in all naval history.

It doesn’t take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle.

The hidden hand of the market will never work without a hidden fist — McDonald’s cannot flourish without McDonnell Douglas, the builder of the F-15. And the hidden fist that keeps the world safe for Silicon Valley’s technologies is called the United States Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps.

When in doubt, ATTACK!

There’s a storm inside of us, a burning river, a drive. You push yourself further than anyone could think possible. You are never out of the fight.

It’s a funny thing, but, as years go by, I think you appreciate more and more what a great thing it was to be a United States Marine… People will tell me what a shame it was I had to go back into the service a second time, but I’m kinda glad I did.. Besides, I am a U.S. Marine and I’ll be one till I die.

Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.

Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.

Air power alone does not guarantee America’s security, but I believe it best exploits the nation’s greatest asset – our technical skill.

If a man does his best, what else is there?

Wherever you are or whatever your job, don’t be confused or diverted by false priorities. We have only one mission to perform-that is to fight and win. And, we must do it better than anyone else in the world.

…The Marines have been the first to land-on embattled beaches throughout the world-we share the unfaltering confidence of all Americans that they will land again-and land hard.

You are part of the world’s most feared and trusted force. Engage your brain before you engage your weapon.

I should deem a man-of-war incomplete without a body of Marines…imbued with that esprit that has so long characterized the “Old Corps.”